Good writing is like a woman’s skirt. It should be long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to keep guys interested. At least that’s what my high school freshman english teacher taught me, in between teachingTo Kill A Mockingbird and deconstructing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Axemen, you know who I’m talking about.).

And that’s exactly how I feel about tomorrow’s game against UCLA in the Rose Bowl.

The media surrounding the Oregon football program this past week has been the ugliest I have ever seen, read, or heard it. Interesting, no doubt. But ugly. So much so, that we here at Duck Sports News have had to explain/justify posting links to stories regarding the “Dennis Dixon Dilemma” because DSN fans were complaining of “Dennis Dixon Fatigue”. Again, interesting stories, commentary, and discussion. But you were clearly getting tired of it. And, frankly, so were we. (But we continued to post links to those stories because that’s what we do.)

That’s why I’d like to see the Ducks do enough for the win, but keep it close and interesting…uninteresting.

I’m not talking about the game. Although, the part of me that’s a fan wouldn’t mind seeing the Oregon offense get on track early and often, putting the game away before it even gets started. I’m talking about keeping it close in a win to make it uninteresting after the game. As co-creator of DSN, I know that a blowout will undoubtedly raise new questions regarding last week’s loss to Arizona:

“Would last week have been different if Brady had a full week to prepare?”

“Do you think the players would have responded this way last week if they would have known about Dixon’s injury?”

“Would another week have helped Chip Kelly’s play calling last week?”

And the questions could go on if the Ducks are long on success tomorrow. Instead, let’s hope they keep it short, and sweet.

JJ